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Maybe if you are 12 you will like this movie, and thats cool

posted 9 years ago by Cydone
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But not if you are expecting anything more than a US college/teenage flick.

Some ok fighting scenes, but full of unwatchable moments.

Go check out good old trusty Blood Sport if you want a good tournament flick. (Or best of the bsst)

Edit: Oh, and that girl is not even hot.

[–] Ryan-lindsey1 9 years ago

This has to be a troll, because no guy in his right mind could say Amber Heard isnt hot. Thats just absurd.

[–] sanders_mike25 9 years ago

Amber Heard was the only thing good to come out of the crapfest.

[–] BoSoxRule 9 years ago

Come on, Djimon Hounsou was terrific in this movie.

[–] MovieBuffMarine 9 years ago

It's better than The Karate Kid remake from 2010.

[–] CHplanb 8 years ago

Actual dog *beep* is better than the karate kid remake.

[–] MovieBuffMarine 8 years ago

Actual dog *beep* is better than the karate kid remake.

I know, right?

[–] activista 8 years ago

Oh,please. The KARATE KID remake was really good. So what if Will Smith's son was in it? He did a pretty good job considering it was his lead leading role, and it was a damn good movie. That's why it was a huge box office hit worldwide, unlike this NDB flick.

[–] MovieBuffMarine 7 years ago

Oh,please. The KARATE KID remake was really good. So what if Will Smith's son was in it? He did a pretty good job considering it was his lead leading role, and it was a damn good movie. That's why it was a huge box office hit worldwide, unlike this NDB flick.

Sure, if you're one of those people who think Karate and Kung Fu are one-in-the-same and believe the MISLEADING title of the re-make. If a white person did the re-make, they would be called racist or ignorant.

If it was so damn good, why hasn't there been a follow up? (For what it's worth, I thought the KK remake was done real well. The ignorant title turned it off for me and it was too predicting as Smith pretty much copied the original almost verbatim but with a new setting.)

[–] LordBAElish (2015) 5 years ago

This movie wasn't THAT bad. Mediocre. 5/10

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[–] cyguration (3831) 3 years ago

I could never sit through this film all the way through and only caught parts of it. It's filmed nice; it has great use of color and the cinematography reminds me of a fighting version of the original Fast & Furious. But this movie is all kinds of cheese to the umpteenth degree.

The suggestion to watch Bloodsport or Best of the Best is definitely a good suggestion. Both films really hold up over time.